Alexander Slater
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The Beacon

Item #: SCP-XXXX

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures:
SCP-* is to be kept inside a locked, lead lined box, inside a Faraday Bag at all times unless it is being examined.
Box, bag and item are to be kept inside a secure lead lined room located below Site 81. Room shall be a minimum of 600ft underground.
Entrance to room is only allowed for examination of item.
Examination is only permitted by level 4 researchers or higher.
A minimum of 2 researchers are to be present with the object at all times during examination.
No researchers are to have dermal contact with item unless permission of a Level 5 administrator is obtained. (See addendum I)
These protocols shall remain in effect until until final disposition is determined by senior management.

Description:
SCP - is a small, solid metallic object in the shape of a hemisphere. The base of the hemisphere is exactly 14 cm in diameter. The rounded surface has many small convex "bumps" covering it's surface. The flat side is perfectly smooth. For this reason it has been referred to as a metallic grapefruit.
SCP - came to the foundation after it was discovered under the right forefoot of the Egyptian Sphinx.

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